Editorial: Attempts by the former French president and his supporters to discredit the legal process by which he was sentenced have been irresponsible and unjustified

Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned when he is expected to begin a five-year sentence Tuesday in Paris’ La Santé…

Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.